3 Don't post pictures that you don't own or at least credit the producer.

4 Post pictures that are:

in focus,

colour corrected

have a straight horizon

are well composed

correct exposure

5 Optimise the dimensions for your chosen social media

Tips for Pinterest

Choose the right colours, this is particularly true on Pinterest where warm colours;red, orange, pink are more shared than cool colours such as blues and greens.

Don't show faces

Close in on the image-don't include much background

Long, vertical pictures get more space on the 'page'

Round corners stand out

Tips for Instagram

Desaturated colours are the current (and historic trend)

Think square-compose your pictures as a square

Use filters or even better play around with Instagram's photo-editing tools

Don't want to load your processed photos straight away? Put your phone on airplane mode and they will be saved to your 'gallery'

Tips for Twitter

Horizontal images work best in the Twitter feed

Group 4 images together to get more attraction

Place your key element in a vertical image in the centre so it jumps out of the feed-Twitter feeds only show the centre of a whole image in the feed you must click on the image to see it all-so give people a reason to do this.

Tips for Linkedin

Biggest no-no are free-generic photos-they're everywhere. Get creative and you will stand out!

6 And with all platforms use relevant#hashtags, so people can find your content. But, not too many!